CVE-2022-23124 Information disclosure in Netatalk

What is CVE-2022-23124?

CVE-2022-23124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the get_finderinfo method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15870.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23124?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netatalk Netatalk.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23124?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-23124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23124, GHSA-3fm4-2j55-fwvw, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23124.